most wins by a pitcher before age 21 since 1980

Since 1980, Dwight Gooden has won the most games by a pitcher younger than 21, with 41 wins.

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most regular-season wins by a pitcher before age 21 since 1980

	NAME	W	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	41	13	.759	66	66	2.00	544	23	11	0	494.2	359	110	123	20	142	4	0	6	1,944	9	9.90	2.58	3.83	0.36	28.0	7.3	1.01	.275	2.24	6.53
2	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	17	18	.486	44	44	3.84	265	2	1	0	283.1	259	121	131	28	85	8	0	2	1,173	14	8.42	2.70	3.12	0.89	22.6	7.2	1.21	.294	4.16	8.23
3	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	15	7	.682	35	25	2.27	196	11	8	1	210.0	148	53	57	11	66	1	4	4	824	4	8.40	2.83	2.97	0.47	23.8	8.0	1.02	.249	2.44	6.34
4	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	14	9	.609	31	31	3.96	89	0	0	0	170.2	176	75	81	23	52	3	0	0	720	6	4.69	2.74	1.71	1.21	12.4	7.2	1.34	.277	4.27	9.28
5	Ed Correa E. Correa	14	15	.483	41	37	4.24	221	4	2	0	237.2	200	112	121	19	148	5	3	2	1,043	21	8.37	5.60	1.49	0.72	21.2	14.2	1.46	.278	4.58	7.57
6	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	10	11	.476	38	18	3.48	73	2	1	1	157.2	138	61	71	13	36	2	9	4	634	7	4.17	2.05	2.03	0.74	11.5	5.7	1.10	.245	4.05	7.88
7	CC Sabathia	9	3	.750	19	19	4.41	86	0	0	0	100.0	88	49	54	7	53	5	0	1	431	6	7.74	4.77	1.62	0.63	20.0	12.3	1.41	.289	4.86	7.92
8	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	9	14	.391	43	21	4.33	167	0	0	2	172.1	162	83	92	17	85	3	9	5	755	4	8.72	4.44	1.96	0.89	22.1	11.3	1.43	.300	4.80	8.46
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	8	11	.421	24	24	3.97	100	0	0	0	145.0	143	64	64	26	26	8	0	3	599	1	6.21	1.61	3.85	1.61	16.7	4.3	1.17	.267	3.97	8.88
10	Storm Davis S. Davis	8	4	.667	29	8	3.49	67	1	0	0	100.2	96	39	40	8	28	0	9	4	412	2	5.99	2.50	2.39	0.72	16.3	6.8	1.23	.285	3.58	8.58
11	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7	5	.583	20	20	2.71	124	0	0	0	119.2	83	36	40	8	42	4	0	3	478	1	9.33	3.16	2.95	0.60	25.9	8.8	1.04	.250	3.01	6.24
12	Britt Burns B. Burns	7	3	.700	10	9	1.60	49	4	1	0	73.1	57	13	17	6	19	1	0	0	290	1	6.01	2.33	2.58	0.74	16.9	6.6	1.04	.237	2.09	7.00
13	Jeremy Bonderman J. Bonderman	6	19	.240	33	28	5.56	108	0	0	0	162.0	193	100	118	23	58	4	0	2	727	12	6.00	3.22	1.86	1.28	14.9	8.0	1.55	.318	6.56	10.72
14	Rick Ankiel R. Ankiel	6	6	.500	27	22	3.73	136	0	0	1	130.1	108	54	62	15	70	4	1	0	555	11	9.39	4.83	1.94	1.04	24.5	12.6	1.37	.282	4.28	7.46
15	Gil Meche G. Meche	6	4	.600	12	11	5.46	34	0	0	0	61.0	58	37	40	6	44	1	0	1	275	1	5.02	6.49	0.77	0.89	12.4	16.0	1.67	.274	5.90	8.56
16	Kerry Wood K. Wood	6	3	.667	12	12	3.25	107	1	1	0	72.0	47	26	30	5	41	5	0	1	303	2	13.38	5.13	2.61	0.63	35.3	13.5	1.22	.290	3.75	5.88
17	Jeff D'Amico J. D'Amico	6	6	.500	17	17	5.44	53	0	0	0	86.0	88	52	53	21	31	0	0	0	367	1	5.55	3.24	1.71	2.20	14.4	8.4	1.38	.256	5.55	9.21
18	Eury Pérez E. Pérez	5	6	.455	19	19	3.15	108	0	0	0	91.1	72	32	35	15	31	2	0	0	374	6	10.64	3.05	3.48	1.48	28.9	8.3	1.13	.261	3.45	7.09
19	Julio Urías J. Urías	5	4	.556	23	20	3.86	95	0	0	0	100.1	104	43	47	6	45	5	1	1	438	4	8.52	4.04	2.11	0.54	21.7	10.3	1.49	.341	4.22	9.33
20	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	5	5	.500	22	21	4.26	100	0	0	0	107.2	109	51	51	11	52	1	0	3	470	7	8.36	4.35	1.92	0.92	21.3	11.1	1.50	.320	4.26	9.11
21	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	4	3	.571	24	5	5.93	45	0	0	1	41.0	43	27	27	7	15	4	4	0	182	1	9.88	3.29	3.00	1.54	24.7	8.2	1.41	.324	5.93	9.44
22	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	4	3	.571	11	8	2.54	46	0	0	0	56.2	49	16	18	7	15	3	1	2	230	0	7.31	2.38	3.07	1.11	20.0	6.5	1.13	.264	2.86	7.78
23	Edwin Jackson E. Jackson	4	1	.800	7	6	2.94	25	0	0	0	33.2	26	11	11	5	16	1	0	1	139	3	6.68	4.28	1.56	1.34	18.0	11.5	1.25	.228	2.94	6.95
24	Jon Garland J. Garland	4	8	.333	14	13	6.75	38	0	0	0	66.2	81	50	55	10	40	1	1	0	314	3	5.13	5.40	0.95	1.35	12.1	12.7	1.82	.316	7.43	10.94
25	Steve Avery S. Avery	4	11	.267	22	21	5.54	79	1	1	0	104.0	129	64	82	8	47	2	1	2	490	5	6.84	4.07	1.68	0.69	16.1	9.6	1.69	.342	7.10	11.16

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